2) Ferrets similar to humans for #COVID19? Authors state the following: “Following the fortuitous discovery of the natural susceptibility of ferrets to human influenza viruses, ferret models were found to highly reproduce the human disease manifestation of...”
3) ...”several respiratory viruses including respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenzaviruses, and SARS-CoV-1. In addition to the presence of respective viral receptors, anatomic proportions of the ferret upper and lower respiratory tracts, density of submucosal...” #Covid19
4) “glands in the bronchial wall and the number of generations of terminal bronchioles all reproduce the condition in the human respiratory tract. This further supports the significance of ferrets as animal model for human
respiratory viral infection.” #COVID19
respiratory viral infection.” #COVID19